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Chinese rubber industry studied
Added: 1 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- A new report titled, Research Report on Chinese Rubber Industry, 200…

MTI Global wins further bank reprieve
Added: 1 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mississauga, Ontario -- Silicone rubber component maker, MTI Global has reache…

Online tyre retailer warns of shortage of small winter tyres
Added: 1 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- An online tyre retailer says car scrapping policies across…

Momentive offers pre-compounded silicone elastomers
Added: 1 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Albany New York -- Momentie is offering pre-compounded silicone elastomers. it…

Amerityre posts yet another loss
Added: 1 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Boulder City, Nevada - Polyurethane tyre developer Amerityre Corp. reported …

Goodyear hires GE exec to succeed Clark
Added: 1 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
AKRON (Sept. 30, 2009) - Goodyear has hired John Fish, a General Electric Co. …

EU waters down tyre labelling proposals
Added: 30 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- A new compromise deal has watered down the proposed EU rules on ty…

Goodyear says deal with USW will reduce costs
Added: 30 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Akron, Ohio -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company said that the four-year mast…

EU antitrust chief urges speedy answers on Opel state aid
Added: 30 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -- The European Union antitrust chief Neelie Kroes today ur…

News from elsewhere on the web (30 Sept 2009)
Added: 30 Sep 2009
(13 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Metcalfe stands down as LMI's CEO
Added: 30 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Delta, British Columbia, Canada -- Machine vision supplier LMI Technologies ha…

Toyota to recall 3.8 million US autos as floor mats snag gas pedals
Added: 30 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
Kathy Jackson and Chrissie Thompson, Automotive News
Los Angeles -- Toyota plan…

Cooper Tire switches ad, PR agencies in US
Added: 30 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Findlay, Ohio -- Following a comprehensive national agency search and review, …

Nexen to build 2nd plant in South Korea
Added: 29 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Seoul, Korea -- Nexen Tire Corp. will invest $843 million (Euro 577) over eigh…

Fibre-reinforced LSR offers stiffer vulcanisates
Added: 29 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Friedrichshafen, Germany -- Momentive Performance Materials and the Woco-Group…

Evonik-Degussa raises prices of silica
Added: 29 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Frankfurt, Germany -- The Business Unit "Inorganic Materials" of Evonik Indust…

Trellebog opens marine products factory in China
Added: 29 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Qingdao, China -- Trelleborg has opened its fifth wholly-owned production plan…

News from elsewhere on the web (29 September 2009)
Added: 29 Sep 2009
(15 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

US non-tyre industry studied
Added: 29 Sep 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Supplier Relations US has published a new report titled, Al…

Regulators help spur US demand for green vehicles
Added: 29 Sep 2009
By Richard Truett (AN)
Detroit, Michigan - Legislation from California-adopted by 13 other states-ar…